This is book about pioneering, survival, and the Boy Scouts–on Ganymede,
one of Jupiter’s satellites (A condensed version of it appeared in
Boy’s Life magazine). And actually, it’s
quite good, and has much, much less of the dated feel of
Starman Jones, despite having been written three years earlier.

I had somewhat the same feeling reading this as I did reading
1632 a month or so ago–a sense that I was reading about
values that our popular culture has done its best to trivialize
out of existence. When did basic morality become something to laugh at,
rather than to adhere to? When did the Boy Scout Oath start seeming
quaint? I think we’re coming to a time when such things will seem less
like a laughing matter, and more like a way of life. I sure hope so.

But anyway, it’s a good book. I liked it.